Admitted
1974, District of Columbia; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1977, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 1978, Colorado; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trad
Law School
George Washington University, J.D., 1974
Law School Graduation Year
1974
College
Colorado State University, B.S.E.E., 1969
Memberships
Colorado (Chair, 1992-1993 and Chair, 2002, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section) and American (Chair, Patent and Trademark Affairs; Harmonization Subcommittee) Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar; American Intellectual Property Law Association (Former Chair, Business and Technology Committee); Licensing Executive Society; Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
Biographical
Sigma Tau; Eta Kappa Nu; Tau Beta Pi. Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent Office, 1969-1972. Patent Attorney, Office of Naval Research, 1972-1976. Senior Attorney, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1976-1982. Associate: Klaas & Law, 1982-1984; Burton & Dorr, 1984-1986. Intellectual Property Attorney, Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA, 1986-1987. Corporate Counsel and Manager of Intellectual Property Litigation, Hewlett-Packard Company, Fort Collins, CO, 1987-1996. Of Counsel, Holland & Hart, 1996-1998. Partner, Merchant & Gould, 1998-1999. Partner, Cochran & Collins LLP, 1999-2001. Frequent Speaker and Author on Intellectual Property Law.